Is that true? Did Internal affairs say that ? Would you come to New Zealand to launder money.
Is there a suggestion that the applications for Visa are processed in bulk without serious individual consideration.

Fair questions that the government needs to answer. If the minister acted against the advice of his officials there should be a clear explanation as to why and the logic

]]>By: joanahttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1049100
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:22:54 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1049100Why is this a beatup? The Min of immigration is happy to ignore officials and dodge immigration law..Why are the officials paid such high salaries when they seem to be superfluous? Why is one group being encouraged to disregard our laws?
Shameful behaviour from someone who should know better.
]]>By: mikenmildhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1049072
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:31:07 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1049072I’ll believe this is a problem when armed Police have to raid Sky City (or a mansion in Coatesville) to arrest some dodgy foreign billionaire.
]]>By: pqhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1049071
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:02:22 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1049071Winston said in the article : ” that China Southern Airlines deal is a recipe for illegal activity, including money laundering, warned of by the Department of Internal Affairs.”

Is that true? Did Internal affairs say that ? Would you come to New Zealand to launder money.
Is there a suggestion that the applications for Visa are processed in bulk without serious individual consideration.

]]>By: Tauhei Nottshttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1049036
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:38:17 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1049036Mr Farrar,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
I really do wish that I had access to to a decent newspaper while I sit on my throne having my morning constitutional. But while we are served with our present print media I will not suffer from constipation. They all give me the shits.
]]>By: marahttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1048951
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:43:06 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1048951China has easily cracked the Pacific Island cashew nut and NZ is the macadamia equivalent. It is harder to do but is not impossible. Sometimes all that is required is patience or determination.. China has both of these things. We do not.
]]>By: Elayceehttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1048913
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:16:15 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1048913Sure as the sun rises in the East,the card carrying pinko Barry Soper commenced bleating about this topic as soon as he was linked to Larry Williams on NewstalkZB this afternoon. And just as sure as the big brown bear shits in the woods, Soper was adamant this was a sinister scheme that would give Chinese criminals a sure-fire way to fly in and launder money via Sky City.

If he had a shred of intelligence, he would have known the stupidity of his comments – but no… he blathered on and merely reconfirmed his status as a political lightweight.

Thankfully, Williams delivered the inevitable slapping to Soper and in doing so, restored some credibility to the segment. But given this latest demonstration of ineptitude, I have to wonder why the management of NewstalkZB still sees fit to have Soper reporting from Parliament and introduced as their ‘political editor’….. 🙁

Your other problem RRM, is that you have probably never, ever, worked for a living. I say that because academia,unions, or the central and local governmrent buracracies, are not “work”. If you do, or if you have, just name the companyand len gth pof zservice, and I shall withdraw and apologise.

🙂

flipper –

Thanks for asking – consulting structural engineer, ten year’s experience, six years at my present place of work. We have done a fair few seismic strengthening projects for schools, though we don’t do much other government work. I myself have designed a couple of multi-storey buildings and a few big industrial warehouses, and a heap of big architectural dream houses.

My wife and I just bought a 5 bedroom house in the country that we moved into a month ago, along with our 8 year old girl and our 5 month old boy. We pay net tax, we don’t receive working for families, we don’t have a community services card, neither of us have ever been unemployed.

I hope this is of some help in clearing up your obvious confusion.

🙂

There are all sorts of lawyers and other professionals commenting on here flipper, and you can pick them pretty easily by the way they conduct themselves and put their comments forward.

YOU flipper seem like just another flippant troll on the internet to me. Since we’re sharing so openly, perhaps you’d like to offer some evidence that you’re not?

]]>By: Australishttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1048753
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:47:38 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1048753Hamnida (868) – Auckland Airport regularly (like every year) wins awards for being one of the 10 best airports in the world.

Do you want some regulators to make it impossible for them to offer services which are in demand by airlines? What would that achieve?

Perhaps what happened in practise was the immigration officers’ just decided to process anyone who approached the counter and the store didn’t complain.

]]>By: flipperhttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1048711
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:28:07 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1048711RRM….
Go read yesterday’s thread you silly little fool.
On the other hand, that might be a problem for you.
To make good your deficiencies, you obviously rely upon a reader
Nevertheless, and on the assumption that your reader accurately conveyed the words I actually used, your comprehension is clearly lacking.
That is a problem for you – but also for us, since you inflict your screwed views upon sensible folk.

Your other problem RRM, is that you have probably never, ever, worked for a living. I say that because academia,unions, or the central and local governmrent buracracies, are not “work”. If you do, or if you have, just name the companyand len gth pof zservice, and I shall withdraw and apologise.

If you purchased duty free goods, you were given a voucher to enter NZ’s boarders upstairs instead of downstairs where most of the counters were located.

I used that several times in the early 00’s – You didn’t have to have a voucher, nor purchase goods at the duty free store to use that immigration point.

]]>By: Hamnidahttp://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/11/the_great_china_southern_airlines_beatup.html/comment-page-1#comment-1048703
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:18:15 +0000http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/?p=68438#comment-1048703DPF – I believe there is different treatment at the boarder for frequent flyers. For example, at Auckland International Airport, Air NZ Koru, Gold and Gold Elite members enter a special check-in area. From the check-in area, you proceed up a special lift to the customs area. At the customs area, there is a special line with one or two customs officers present to process you.

In my view this is problematic. In a capitalist society, it is normal to expect that airlines will have special check-in lines or areas for their frequent flyers. But what happens at Auckland International Airport is that zone is proceeded by a special government controlled area for the same passengers. This is where the confusion between Air NZ as a business and government occurs.

About five years ago there was another example at Auckland International Airport that has now ceased after its renovation. If you purchased duty free goods, you were given a voucher to enter NZ’s boarders upstairs instead of downstairs where most of the counters were located.